Self-Editing for Writers 4-Week Intensive, Starts Monday, March 3rd, 2025
Class Starts Monday, March 3rd, 2025
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Led by Holly Lyn Walrath, a writer, editor, and publisher. Her poetry and short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Fireside Fiction, Analog, and Flash Fiction Online. She is the author of several books of poetry including Glimmerglass Girl (2018), Numinose Lapidi (2020), and The Smallest of Bones (2021). She holds a Master’s in Creative Writing from the University of Denver. In 2019, she launched Interstellar Flight Press, an indie SFF publisher dedicated to publishing underrepresented genres and voices.
The best editor for a story is the author who wrote it. Every writer is different, and how you approach revising your work can vary based on the project.
The key to self-editing is to see the bigger picture. Explore techniques for self-revising with step-by-step guidance from a freelance editor. Learn about the different types of editing, from developmental/content edits to copy/line editing and proofreading.
You'll develop a personalized editing checklist that you can take with you from project to project, tweaking as you go.
Course Outline:
Week 1: Receiving and Implementing Feedback and Critique
Week 2: The Big Picture: Developmental and Content Edits
Week 3: The Nitty Gritty: Line Editing
Week 4: Preparing Your Work for Submission
Course Takeaways:
- Learn how to revise your writing from the first page to the last
- Explore techniques for revision with help from a professional editor
- Segment your revision process to make editing a breeze
- Develop your own personal editing checklist
ONLINE COURSE STRUCTURE:
This class is asynchronous, meaning you complete the weekly assignments on your own schedule. There are no set meeting times in order to allow for greater participation; your cohort will consist of writers from across different time zones, which allows for a wonderful diversity of voices.
Along with your weekly deadlines, there is plenty of interaction with Holly and your peers within Wet Ink, our dedicated online classroom. Craft materials, lectures, reading assignments, and writing prompts are all available through the online classroom. Students also post work and provide and receive feedback within the online classroom environment.
You can finish the work as you see fit week-to-week, which is perfect for any schedule. There are discussion questions each week inspired by the assigned readings and topics in the lecture notes. Students are encouraged to take these wherever is most compelling and/or useful for them. Holly engages with these discussions throughout the week, and you will receive feedback from all assigned writing activities.
HOW DOES WET INK WORK?
Wet Ink was built and designed specifically for online writing classes. Wet Ink is private, easy to use, and very interactive. You can learn more about the Wet Ink platform by Watching a Class Demo.
ONLINE COURSE STRUCTURE:
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Instructor: Holly Lyn Walrath
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Starts Monday, March 3rd, 2025
- Course is fully ONLINE; students can work according to their own schedule within weekly deadlines. Once you have enrolled, the instructor will send you a link to our online classroom, which is provided via Wet Ink.